Chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc joined Linking Environment & Farming (LEAF) last week for its 18th birthday celebratory gala dinner and charity auction.
More than 100 diners from across the industry attended the event, held at The Royal Overseas League in London last week.
Blanc spoke about the importance of food provenance and local varieties. He congratulated LEAF on its work with farmers and growers and the wider food industry over the past 18 years and said that the LEAF marque was enabling farmers to get recognition in the marketplace for their environmental achievements.
LEAF founding chairman David Richardson hosted the four-course dinner, which was provided by a number of LEAF marque producers including Uncle Henry’s Farm Shop, Wealmoor, Produce World, Carroll’s Heritage Potatoes and the Leckford Estate. Dinner was followed by a charity auction, which raised more than £7,000 for charity LEAF.
The following day, LEAF held its AGM and President’s Event - Making Farming Cool, to explore the topics of sustainable food production and encouraging the next generation into farming. It was well attended by LEAF members and industry supporters.
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